At 01:56 PM 6/28/2007, you wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Even if a beta source inside a monitor/TV was continuously emitting the
physical construction would provide more than enough shielding. For
power and regulatory considerations I doubt the source is on
continuously.
IMHO moving from CRT to LCD is a good move in general.
Actually, TVs and monitors at one point in time were notorious sources
of soft x-rays from where the electrons hit the glass.
Actually, another big source of Xrays was the HV rectifier tube.
Older tubes actually used to dimly fluoresce, but along there
somewhere, they started using lead glass in the envelope.
Those of us who
are old enough remember that we we were told not to sit too close
because it could damage our eyes. Those of us who sat too close anyway
have a higher risk of cataracts and skin cancers.
are you sure that's not from playing out in the sun all summer in the
days before SPF50 and solumbra fabric.
Also, the beta source (generally a hot wire) IS kept hot at all times
the CRT is "on",
The "instant on" feature actually doesn't keep the cathode at full
temperature... typically it keeps it about half way there, so that
when you turn it on, it only takes a second or two to come up to full
temp/emission. Keeping it at operating temp all the time would lead
to reduced cathode/filament life from evaporation. Since the
emission/evaporation rate is a very nonlinear function of
temperature, running it just a bit cooler makes it last a lot longer
(e.g. incandescent light bulb life goes as the twelfth power of
applied voltage)
On the biohazard side, the tubes inside an LCD contain mercury vapor,
just like all of those compact fluorescent bulbs.
White LEDs?
Jim
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